A rotating 10-metre sphere is the centrepiece of the set for British pop group Take That's current world tour, which was designed by Stufish.
Stufish ? that has previously worked with acts including The Rolling Stones, Madonna, U2 and Beyoncé ? designed a 40-tonne 3D sphere with a cut-out section, covered in 2,800 digital panels.
It displays a host of video content throughout the show, mimicking spherical objects including a human eye, a globe and a mechanical security camera.
The stage features a central sphere, a large oval stage deck and two smaller oval stages
"The critical success of this show is the perfect storm of video content and set three-dimensionality," said Winkler, who is CEO and design director of Stufish, a London-based entertainment architecture studio founded by the late stage designer Mark Fisher. "The audience is looking for something fresh that they can engage with," he told Dezeen. "Video is usually presented as a flat surface. Very rarely do we turn it into a 3D object."
Stage design based on Odyssey album cover
The architect worked closely with the band's creative director Kim Gavin and band member Mark Owen, who wanted the set design to reflect the album cover of their 2018 album Odyssey, which features a cream sphere with a segment cut out.
"Mark Owen wanted the stage to represent the Odyssey album logo, which we tried to emulate within the constraints of an actual set piece that needed to tour. We had the...